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The Benediction and Missional Worship ABSTRACT THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: THE BENEDICTION AND MISSIONAL WORSHIP By Nathan Leslie Carden The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a missional benediction in corporate worship to encourage parishioners to engage in Christian behavior between Sundays. The biblical witness reveals a God who not only gathers people but sends them. Corporate worship should orient Christians outward to join God’s redemptive work in the world. The Literature Review revealed sustained arguments that mission beyond the walls of the church is the natural response to corporate worship, and therefore informs the shape of corporate worship. This study sought to evaluate the impact of utilizing a specific sending of the congregation with a missional challenge, compared to the proclamation of a blessing. This project employed an intervention mixed-methods model of research to study the relationship between the Sunday worship and everyday discipleship. The research context was Contact Modern Worship, which takes place at 8:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sundays at Trinity United Methodist Church, in Birmingham, Alabama. Qualitative data was collected through a ten-person focus group, and quantitative data from e-mail surveys distributed to sixty participants in two weekly worship services across the four Sundays of Advent 2016. Results indicated that services in which a missional benediction was offered, compared to services that only received a blessing, participants engaged in Christian behavior at an increase of 14.91 percent. Both sets of data affirmed the positive impact of a missional benediction offered at the conclusion of corporate worship upon the behavior of Christians throughout the week beyond the church walls. DISSERTATION APPROVAL This is to certify that the dissertation entitled THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: THE BENEDICTION AND MISSIONAL WORSHIP presented by Nathan Leslie Carden has been accepted towards fulfillment of the requirements for the DOCTOR OF MINISTRY degree at Asbury Theological Seminary Dissertation Coach Date Director, Doctor of Ministry Program Date Dean of the Beeson Center Date THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: THE BENEDICTION AND MISSIONAL WORSHIP A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Asbury Theological Seminary In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Ministry by Nathan Leslie Carden May 2017 © 2017 Nathan L. Carden ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................ vii LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................... ix CHAPTER 1 NATURE OF THE PROJECT .....................................................................1 Overview of the Chapter .........................................................................................1 Personal Introduction ..............................................................................................1 Statement of the Problem ........................................................................................3 Purpose of the Project……………………………………………………………..4 Research Questions ..................................................................................................4 Research Question #1 ..................................................................................4 Research Question #2 ..................................................................................4 Research Question #3 ..................................................................................4 Rationale for the Project ..........................................................................................4 Definition of Key Terms .........................................................................................6 Delimitations ...........................................................................................................6 Review of Relevant Literature .................................................................................7 Research Methodology ...........................................................................................9 Type of Research ......................................................................................11 Participants ................................................................................................13 Data Collection .........................................................................................13 Data Analysis ............................................................................................14 iii Generalizability .........................................................................................15 Project Overview ..................................................................................................16 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW FOR THE PROJECT .........................................17 Overview of the Chapter ........................................................................................17 Biblical Foundations ..............................................................................................17 Old Testament: Pentateuch and Law .........................................................17 Old Testament: History ..............................................................................20 Old Testament: Wisdom ............................................................................21 Old Testament: Prophets ............................................................................21 New Testament: Gospels ...........................................................................22 New Testament: Acts .................................................................................25 New Testament: Epistles, Letters, and Early Christianity .........................25 Missiology..............................................................................................................28 Missional Worship .................................................................................................34 Blessings, Benedictions, and Sendings ..................................................................39 Research Design Literature ...................................................................................52 Summary of Literature ..........................................................................................54 CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR THE PROJECT .............................57 Overview of the Chapter ........................................................................................57 Nature and Purpose of the Project .........................................................................57 Research Questions ................................................................................................57 Research Question #1 ................................................................................57 iv Research Question #2 ................................................................................58 Research Question #3 ................................................................................58 Ministry Context ....................................................................................................59 Participants ............................................................................................................60 Criteria for Selection .................................................................................60 Description of Participants .......................................................................60 Ethical Considerations ..............................................................................61 Data Collection ......................................................................................................61 Data Analysis .........................................................................................................64 Reliability and Validity ..........................................................................................66 CHAPTER 4 EVIDENCE FOR THE PROJECT ..............................................................68 Overview of the Chapter .......................................................................................68 Participants ............................................................................................................68 Research Question #1: Description of Evidence ..................................................69 Research Question #2: Description of Evidence ..................................................76 Research Question #3: Description of Evidence ..................................................86 Summary of Major Findings ..................................................................................92 CHAPTER 5 LEARNING REPORT FOR THE PROJECT .............................................93 Overview of the Chapter .......................................................................................94 Major Findings .......................................................................................................94 First Finding: Missional Benedictions’ Impact Upon Christian Behavior 94 Second Finding: Responses of Millennial Christians ................................96 Third Finding: Comparing Generational Responses..................................97 v Responses Along
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